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Schools Must Support Educators While Keeping Tabs on Tech Trends

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Schools Must Support Educators While Keeping Tabs on Tech Trends. Modern learning environments seamlessly integrate technology into spaces that are designed around teaching and learning , giving instructors and students the tools they need to succeed in a physical setting that promotes collaboration and supports multiple learning styles.

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Why Your School Should Stick to Core Principles Instead of Market Trends

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A better question might be, what’s hot in EdTech this year ? In 2017, EdTech industry investments rose to a record-breaking $9.5 Just the first half of this year alone, the United States neared one billion in EdTech funding. Trends aren’t the enemy, but they certainly shouldn’t be your only guiding light.

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

eSchool News

We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2021. Anastasia Betts, VP of Curriculum Planning & Design, Age of Learning. Jason Innes, Director of Curriculum, Training, and Product Management, KinderLab Robotics. “We

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AI Tools Like ChatGPT May Reshape Teaching Materials — And Possibly Substitute Teach

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It’s almost like the teacher is programming the robot to do their job for them.” A Booming Sector The edtech industry is eager to build on ideas like that one. This makes AI-related features accessible to almost every edtech company,” he added. Longtime leaders in online education say they’re bracing for a marketing onslaught.

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‘Our Technology Is Our Ideology’: George Siemens on the Future of Digital Learning

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A researcher, theorist, educator, Siemens is the digital learning guy. He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education.

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Can Online Education Lower Costs and Improve Quality?

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Inspired by the breakout podcast Serial, four years ago two digital learning leaders at the University of Central Florida created their own podcast—focused on online learning instead of true crime. Do you see that as a broader trend as well? If there's one thing we've learned, it's that people are interested.

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Vote for Common Sense Education's SXSWedu Panels

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Proposed Sessions What Can We Learn from 3,000 EdTech Reviews? For the past four years, Common Sense Education has been rating and reviewing edtech. Is the Best EdTech for ELLs Hiding in Plain Sight? Teachers use a variety of digital tools in supporting English language learners (ELLs).